TuckerTJ

Long over due update. I live in Newfoundland but work in Alberta. I also have friends and family in Fort McMurray Alberta. I was driving home and about half way home I got the call that Fort McMurray was being evacuated for the wild fires. I have a bunch of friends there, and more importantly my kids live there. So I headed for home and was home for 3-4 days and flew back to Edmonton to pick up my kids who were now evacuated from Fort McMurray. Now I'm home again and getting the kids settled into a new school, I can get back at the Jeep and get it back on the road. While I was away I orded a bunch of parts, they arrived before I even got home. Ordered 4.5" RE coils, rough country adjustable arms (upper and lower), Rock kralwer track bar. Also in the box on the left is a JCR Offroad DIY winch bumper

Good job on the rockers, I think it's a project I'm going to tackle eventually.

Steal away! I was aiming for around 4.5" of lift but SOA and 5.5" seems to be the best compromise of lift and price. Especially with my location and cost of shipping. Hoping in a couple of weeks I'll get back at the build with some updates.

I want to say the headliner is from a 2001 single cab Ford Ranger but maybe a 1999.

I'm checking to see if you get any answers to this too. I can possible get a good deal on a trans and tcase from a 2004 TJ. Would like any information too.

Since I'll be using this for camping and will just about everything, I will be adding on board air, driving lights and camp lights, water pump and other electrical and auxiliary batteries in the back. For that I'll need a few extra switches and gauges. My MJ didn't come with any factory options so all the blank switch panels are there, the clock didn't work so I made a blank plate to go there for possible air gauge, 12volt meter, or switches. Plus I deleted the cigerate lighter for a regular 12v outlet. And of course since this thing as the factory tape deck I had to dust off the old tape collection. I drove the Jeep around for a couple of weeks as is. The bench seat is in good condition and comfortable but the lack of arm rest and centre console got me thinking about a set of buckets with a console. I did mock up a set of buckets from a '01 Chevy Astro van, they are comfy and fit pretty good (would need custom brackets welded up) but I realized I would need the 3rd seat option so I've settled on a set of Dakota seats or similar style with the middle seat/console setup. Settled on this mini console out of a Ford Ranger for a temporary situation to hold the snacks and drinks. Also out of the same ranger i got the headliner, to see what kind of fit it was or if I could make something work. Overall the size is pretty close. It could possible work with some minor modifications or if you aren't that particular. It's just held in place now with the lips where the roof meets the door area. The rear shocks are basically new, the fronts were absolutely garbage. The MJ had a very bad lean to the driver side. I had some stock rubicon shocks and springs lying around from my buddies JK. The shocks are a tad longer or at least stiffer, so I tried them both out to see what it would fit like. Both the shock and spring went in without issue (other than the coil mount being rusted away to next to nothing). Rubicon spring on the left (first pic) and the top (second pic) The shocks made a big difference in ride, seeing as the others had no fluid at all I wasn't surprised. As you can see from the pictures the springs are actually shorter from the JK, these are off a 4dr Rubicon. I drove it like this for a week until I left for work in December. Parked it in the garage and covered it up where it's waiting for me to get home and start the fun again. Will be a few weeks before I'm actually home working on it so no updates for awhile but I will update as I go fairly regular and hopefully lots of pictures.

I'm building this Jeep to be a daily driver/camping/overland vehicle. It'll get the SOA in the rear, lift the front to match, didn't want to go as high as the 5.5" I've read I'll gain but I think after looking at some (a lot) of the Jeeps on this site, 5.5" lift and 33" or 35" tires will work out ok for my intended purpose and look good in the process. I will be building a bed rack to hold the Roof Top Tent and the rack will extend over the cab. I'm still undecided if I'll build the rack on the stock bed or remove the bed and build a custom bed. I had a JK with an off-road trailer I built for the same purpose as this MJ will be. I'm thinking of building the custom bed the same style as the trailer. I'm thinking it could look something like this (rough sketch below) For now I just built a basic rack to mock up the RTT on the MJ and to have a place to store the tent for the winter.

I purchased this MJ in October of 2015.. Got it ready for the road and inspection and parked it in November. I will be away from December until April so nothing was being done except lots of comanche club reading! Pictures from the kijiji ad: It's about time to actually start working on the jeep so I will try and keep this build page updated. Mostly with pictures. I live on the Island of Newfoundland, Canada. Saw the ad posting for the Mj in PEI (Prince Edward Island), so that means two ferries and a small road trip to go check it out. Loaded up in a Ford windstar mini van and off I went. Looked at the Jeep, hooked it up to a set of tow dollies, unhooked the rear driveshaft (which to my surprise came off easy) and headed home. Got it home and really sized it up, more rust than I initially thought. So this is going to be a faily big project that I got to "sleep on" all winter. I did however fix the floor rust and few other things that it would need to be inspected and registered. I'm the second owner of this Jeep, I bought it off the original owner who picked it up in '89. Nice older gentleman who said the truck as been sitting in his shop for the past couple years. It only has 155,000kms on it. I was expecting it to have some maintenance needed. I didn't get pictures of the actual nest in the intake box.. One thing I did learn from here is to pull your carpets.. I was kind of nervous about it, seeing as the Jeep came from a Island on the east coast. I shouldn't have been too shocked but I was kind of taken back when I seen the carpet was half the floor Passenger side wasn't as bad Never having done body work before I was kind of discouraged but in the end I think the floor turned out ok. Patch work done and passenger side sealed I did put down some rubber water seal but I'm not too sure if I like it. It doesn't stick as good as I was hoping, but it was colder when I installed it. Looking underneath it was certain rust was going to be my biggest issue with this build I'm planning on a front and rear axle swap, XJ front and the Explorer 8.8 so I'm not too concerned with the axle rust. The frame and body are in overall decent condition. It looks as though the bottom of the doors and the box have been redone before. I did get it inspected, insured and registered before I parked it for the winter. First actual drive.. Can see where the fender meets the door area that it doesn't look factory/lined up properly. It will most likely be cut out for rock rails anyway.